The quarter-hour pilot is described as a modern send-up of Saturday morning kids' shows. It features a team of four culture-obsessed heroines who present darkly ironic twists on '80s cartoon tropes.

From the creators of Robot Chicken, Team Unicorn started as a multimedia production team that consisted of Michele Boyd (The Guild) Clare Grant (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Milynn Sarley and Rileah Vanderbilt (Hatchet). Grant and Vanderbilt will executive produce the Adult Swim pilot and star alongside Sarley and Attack of the Show's Alison Haislip. The four will play Team Unicorn and their cartoon counterparts.

"Team Unicorn is in the spirit of Sailor Moon and The Powerpuff Girls with a sprinkling of Voltron and Josie and the Pussycats," Grant and Vanderbilt said. Green will direct the pilot. Brian Sheesley (Dan vs.) is the animation director and Sean Becker (Holliston) is the live-action director. The trio are all Emmy winners, as are Lynch, Shinick, Senreich and Milano.

Adult Swim put Team Unicorn into development last year, announcing the project as part of its 2013 upfront slate.